Lynne Kresge

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Lynne Kresge was a high-ranking foreign policy and crisis management advisor to President David Palmer.

1 Day 2
2 Memorable quotes
3 Background information and notes
4 Appearances
- 4.1 Day 2

[edit] Day 2

During Day 2, Chief of Staff Mike Novick, Press Secretary Jenny Dodge, NSA Deputy Director Eric Rayburn, and his boss Roger Stanton dealt with the nuclear bomb threat in Los Angeles.

From the moment the threat was called in, Lynne and Rayburn clashed and, at 11 AM, the offices of the L.A. Counter Terrorist Unit were blown up. The loss of lives could have been prevented if the President was informed but Rayburn cut off Lynne's attempt to do so because he believed it was better to let them die than tip the terrorists off to the fact that CTU operative Jack Bauer was undercover.

While Bauer being undercover was crucial in ultimately finding the nuke, the President sided with Lynne in that what he had done was inexcusable and Rayburn was let go. When Stanton, his boss, arrived, Palmer was instantly suspicious. As it turned out, he was right to be, for Stanton was working with Palmer's ex-wife Sherry. Lynne was constantly suspicious of Sherry which led to them arguing several times. As mentioned by Patty Brooks in Day 1, Sherry can be "pretty scary sometimes," and very intimidating, as she showed to David, her children, Patty, Mike Novick, Jack Bauer, Alex Hewitt and others. Lynne, however, not easily intimidated by Sherry's antics, held her ground.

Lynne and President David Palmer.

At 6 PM, Palmer had Stanton tortured for information and this information, along with the information Bauer and his team had developed, led to the arrest of terrorists Marie Warner and Syed Ali, and the ultimate capture of the nuclear bomb. Stanton revealed that Sherry had been working with him and - despite her claims that she was doing it to get inside their circle, a group who wanted to hijack the Presidency - Palmer sent her out of his life again. The nuclear bomb was flown into the desert by former CTU director George Mason, who sacrificed himself to detonate it in a non-populated area. Palmer then decided to go to Los Angeles on Air Force One.

Lynne shakes hands with Sherry Palmer in front of the President.

When they arrived in L.A., shortly after midnight, Vice President of the United States Jim Prescott became involved as he anxiously awaited the inevitable retaliation against the three Middle Eastern countries implicated by evidence found in Syed Ali's apartment. While a disturbed Palmer sided with his advisors and prepared retaliatory actions, he was informed by Bauer that Ali had been assassinated. Bauer and his colleague Michelle Dessler believed it was because Ali knew that the evidence was forged and the countries weren't involved.

Lynne tries to warn President Palmer about Mike Novick's plot to hijack his presidency.

Palmer was pushed into war while Bauer attempted to chase down evidence. He believed he had found it, but could not produce it in time. Palmer still cancelled the military action, unaware that the Vice President and Mike Novick were plotting against him. Lynne discovered evidence of a secret meeting between the Vice President and the cabinet and asked for Mike's help. It turned out that he knew what was going on, and had her imprisoned in a storage room so she could not inform the President that he was about to be unseated. She hatched an escape plan involving a fire, but the agent chased her. While she was attempting to escape down the stairs, she fell from the stairwell and sustained neurological damage. When she was found, she attempted one last time to point to Mike in the presence of Palmer, but Mike supportively cupped her hand to hide the blame. Lynne was then taken away by ambulance to the hospital, her condition critical.

[edit] Memorable quotes

Lynne Kresge: Please see me if you need anything.
Sherry Palmer: (laughs) You want me to run everything by you?
Lynne Kresge: I'm more familiar with the internal politics, I --
Sherry Palmer: You'll be able to do what, Lynne?
Lynne Kresge: I am just trying to maintain some form of protocol --
Sherry Palmer: No, no you're not. You're trying to position yourself between me and David's inner circle because you don't trust me. Instead of talking about protocols, why don't you just say what's on your mind? You don't want me here.
Lynne Kresge: Mrs. Palmer, I --
Sherry Palmer: You don't want me here, so let's just quit playing games.
Lynne Kresge: How dare you speak to me this way. I was appointed by the President of the United States of America because of my qualifications in foreign policy and crisis management, and I don't know what kind of credentials you have that makes you think you can lecture me. Fine, you don't want to play games? I don't like you. And I don't like you being here.
Sherry Palmer: Well, now we're communicating.

[edit] Background information and notes

The writers intended that Lynne die from the fall she suffered, however her death was never confirmed on camera. In an interview prior to the start of Season Six, she was listed as a character who may come back, yet she never did make an appearance.

[edit] Appearances

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